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Sunday, April 1, 2007

Murder No. 2.. Burney out of step?.. Davis in DWI.. Maxson students garden.. Dina warms up..

PLAINFIELD




Plainfield Today: "Councilman Burney out of step?"
The Bull Moose: "Memo to Obama campaign on 'house parties'"

Crescent Times: "Our Homes"

Abbott Funding - Editorial, CN: "No threats, no deals on Abbott audits"
Councilor's DWI - SL: "Police arrest Plainfield councilman in DWI case" -- PT's ORIGINAL POST was updated Thursday afternoon.
Maxson MS: "Students cultivate school pride with garden"
McGreevey - SL: "Dina McGreevey is busy healing"
.......... - NYT: "McGreevey Saga Goes On: Now His Ex-Wife Weighs In"
Murder No. 2 - CN: "Piscataway man sought in murder" -- Police believe the man was murdered in Plainfield.
.......... - SL: "Morris man, 23, is found fatally beaten"

Route 78 Construction Updates: "DOT Construction Updates" -- Delays can run 15-20 minutes during AM rush hour.

March Madness - "Ohio State will face Florida in the championship game on Monday night"

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REAL ESTATE SUNDAY


SMALL PICTURE
Condos: "Condominiums With Classrooms" -- Jersey condos including space for schools -- public and private.
Getting A Loan: "The Battle for a Mortgage"
Mortgages: "Let the Borrower Beware"
Ledger: "Home Finder" and "Real Estate" sections online.
Courier: "Real Estate" section online.
NYTimes: "Residential Sales Around the Region"
Trulia: "Your Personal Real Estate Google"
BIG PICTURE
Adjustable Rate Mortgages: "Homeowners, Call Your Bankers Before They Call You"
Foreclosures: "Housing Crisis Knocks Loudly in Michigan"
Retirement 'Villages': "Retirement Homes Go High-Rise and Urban"

WHAT'S HAPPENING

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CENTRAL JERSEY


Center for Educational Opportunities: "Not quite mainstream, but at heart of a school"
Linden: "Finally, a place to fit in"
Newark: "Buzz mixed on 'Newark Today,' latest glossy promotion piece"
.......... - "Newark's case for $2.45M in lawyer contracts"
.......... - "Day of civil union, they still dream of nuptials"
Raritan: "Town seeks solutions to problem of overcrowded, illegal rentals"
Somerset Freeholders: "Green Brook mayor Pat Walsh gets GOP's backing"
South Plainfield: "A Company Puts Itself on a Solid Solar-Power Footing"


STATE


The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, April 01, 2007"

Corzine & Katz - AP: "Corzine's gifts to ex could threaten plans to reform ethics"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Stop being coy about Carla"
..... - Kean-Byrne: "Public vs. private governor"
Wayne Bryant: "Lawnside: Where Wayne can do no wrong"
Christie & The Legislature: "Look Who’s Coming to the Democrats’ Place"
GSP: Paul Mulshine: "Parkway paralysis under analysis"
Illegal Immigrants - BR: "U.S. backs Morristown's immigration plan"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Wrong way on immigration"
..... - OpEd, SL: Fran Wood: "What spurs immigration 'deputies'?"
Legislature: "In the Legislature, prayer a long, if not always cherished, tradition"
Montclair State: "She Has a Vision for Montclair State. But Is It the Right One?"
NJSO: "Plan to sell rare collection has a string attached"
Norcross Lawsuit - CP: "Majority of lawsuit against power broker Norcross tossed out"
State Police: "Accusations of profiling drop against State Police"
Witness Safety: "Essex County acts to limit access to witness info"
Towns: Jersey City: "Ex-Basketball Star Helps Rebuild His Hometown"
..... - Bayonne: "For ‘Blue-Collar’ Musicians, a ‘Factory’ All Their Own"
..... - Flemington: "A Castle’s Colorful Story Gets a Heavy Rewrite"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here
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NATION / WORLD




Editorial Cartoon: Not a cartoon, but the cover
of this week's Economist magazine -- Bush, Condi & Karl.
Click on image to enlarge
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US Attorney Firings - McClatchy: "Scandal gives Dems chance to investigate Rove"
..... - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "The Justice Department can no longer be trusted"

Bush - NYT: "Ex-Aide Details a Loss of Faith in the President"
DOJ - WP: "Prosecutor Posts Go To Bush Insiders"
Tillman Death - LAT: "General Tried to Warn Bush on Tillman"


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Fun at Church: Thanks to reader LM for forwarding the above hilarious video clips!

Food Stamp Reform: "Could you eat on $3 a day?"
Heart Disease: "Stents study opens debate on treatment"
Internet Taxes: "Bills aim to keep Net (tax) free" -- At last! Something on which Bush and PT agree.
Passports: "Privacy advocates: Risk is embedded in each e-passport" -- Every time the government says there is nothing to worry about, it turns out there IS something to worry about.

Church Fun (video above)

Sex-related Web Sites: "Agency Rejects .xxx Suffixes for Sex-Related Sites on Internet"
Teen Athletes: "Testing the hearts of young athletes"
Turkish in Jersey: "Turkish Delights, With Appetizers the Best"
Tuskegee Airmen: "Report: Tuskegee Airmen lost at least 25 bombers to enemy planes"

Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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